On Dec 6, 12:12*pm, a wrote:
On Dec 6, 11:54*am, Mark wrote:





I got off a little later than expected due to
an unexpected frost, but the sun soon melted
that away and I was off. To me you can't beat
flying in the winter cause the cabin is comfortable,
the pressure is up, and the sky colors of this
time of year are incomparable. It was a scarlet
sunrise and I soon settled into a layer smooth
as glass. The light glittering off the lake was
absolutely beautiful. Trimmed out to hands-
free, there was no better way to spend the
morning. Finally after a couple of hours, I
remembered a place with buttermilk bisquits
and it took on importance, so I brought her
down, though it seemed like she landed
herself.

I'm thinking maybe tommorrow we should all
celebrate Pearl Harbor Day and enjoy the freedom
we have...that didn't come for free.

Living in America,
---
Mark

There was a bad frost at KBED a long time ago when I training for my
private, long before first solo. My instructor and I went to the Piper
140 -- windows were coated with frost. He suggested we turn the
airplane to the east so the sun would work its magic. As we were
moving it, another instructor walked by, saw what we were doing, and
asked "Hey, moving it closer to the sun?". We were of course doing
that, but I think the difference in the inverse square of the distance
to the sun mattered less than the change in cosine of the angle of
incidence. But what did I know, beitng a student pilot?

I would expect that instructor would put to shame the spammers on this
site: he had an overpowering intellect AND a sense of humor. Oh, and
he was a real pilot too. He would not be a "Loser On Line".- Hide quoted text -

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Funny that you should mention turning the plane,
cause that's just what we did. Also, it so happens
that this 172 is painted black which speeds up the
process exponentially.

While waiting a German fellow brought his immaculate LSA
Sportcruiser out. What a beauty with that plush interior, blue
tinted bubble and graceful lines. I felt lucky just to touch it,
but when he offered to let me fly it with him, or, take it up
with our CFI mutual friend, I was blown away.

As he taxied away and I headed back to the plane,
I also had to stop and watch the scarlett sunrise
with a fellow in a new Cirrus SR-22. He was having a
very good morning and we chatted about his ride
too. He was very encouraging, heh, and told me I
could get one like his for about.."six and a half".
Thats $650,000.00 Seems like too many zeros,
even for me.

That Arion Lightning is looking better and better!

Yeah, loser on line is following me around sniffing
my bicycle seat. I guess he thinks I read his posts.
Not even. haaa I'm sure your instructor was a cool
dude.

--
Mark